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549 F.3d 111 · 2008

Citation profile

57
cited by 57 later decisions
May 2019
most recently cited

8 federal appellate ·

Relationships

Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (§ 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1227 (§ 237 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1231 (§ 241 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))

Relies on Yan Chen v. Gonzales · Ramsameachire v. Ashcroft · Kaur v. Board of Immigration Appeals · Diallo v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Shi Liang Lin v. United States Department of Justice

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 57 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “that the BIA was not supported by substantial evidence in its finding that [she] did not show that the government was unwilling to protect [her] from private persecution.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “It is 'well established that private acts may be persecution if the government has proved unwilling to control [them].'”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “despite repeated reports of violence to the police, no significant action was taken on [her] behalf,”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority

How this case has been treated — in progress

Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.